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East Buskirk, New York

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Hoosick town. It lies in ZIP code area 12028. The Survey maps it on the Eagle Bridge quadrangle.

East Buskirk within Rensselaer County

Then and now

1897 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of East Buskirk, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of East Buskirk, surveyed 1897

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 29 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

128 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 128 fires within 5 miles of East Buskirk between 1993 and 2020, burning about 132 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 18 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined70
Debris and open burning25
Arson/incendiarism18
Natural8
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
26 September 2020Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
26 September 2020Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
14 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 August 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rensselaer County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of East Buskirk: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Hoosick Falls Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Hoosick Falls Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Rensselaer County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Buskirk0.6 miles29
Eagle Bridge2.0 miles29
West Hoosick3.1 miles29
East Pittstown3.3 miles29
Hoosick Junction4.2 miles30
Diamondwood Estates4.7 miles29
Johnsonville4.7 miles30
Millertown4.9 miles30

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122554360The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972412. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.